2nd Corinthians

Last evening I was rummaging around a folder labeled “Potential Musings.” It is a place were draft posts are worked on and often languish unfinished for one reason or another. Often I have to open the file to remember the contents as the working title does not ring a bell, e.g., “no single issue saints” or “303 v. Elenis.”  But I did come across a file: 2 Corinthians. I was pretty sure I knew what was inside – and given that most of last week and all of this week, the first reading for daily Mass is taken from the Second Letter to the Corinthians – maybe it was time to dust that one off and see if was something to post.  It is more of a scripture-study kind of post and it is long, but I think it is interesting.  Here’s the teaser: how are Paul’s letters to the Corinthians like a Bob Newhart sketch? Continue reading

Context for this week

This coming weekend is the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Last week (2023), with the celebration of the 11th Sunday, we returned to Ordinary Time in the liturgical sense. Depending on the year (leap year or no), the phase of the moon (seriously – that is in part how Easter is determined) and some other celebrations you may or may not have encountered the readings from the 9th, 10th or 11th Sundays in Ordinary Time. Here is a quick overview and context. Continue reading